Flange oiler



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ATTOR/VEY8 Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

UNHTED S li r iffliilg COB/ADON NATHANIEL POND, F GALENA, ILLINOIS.

FLANGE OILEB.

Application filed May 31,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORADON N. POND, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Galena, in the county of Jo Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flange @ilers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to flange oilers for locomotives, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple relatively inexpensive device for feeding a lubricant to the flange of a locomotive steam engine effectively and with a minimum of attention.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described that is automatic in its action in that it has means for feeding a lubricant directly to an engine flange at a uniform rate.

A further object of my invention is to provide a flange oiler that is adapted to be secured to a locomotive steam engine of an ordinary construction without any change in the construction of the latter being required, whereby a lubricant is fed to the flange at a. point parallel with the axis of the wheel to which applied and in substantially the same horizontal plane.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this ap' plication, in which Figure 1 is a View showing the device applied to a locomotive steam engine,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device, a fragmentary portion of the arm used to attach the oiler to a locomotive engine being shown,

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the front face of the device, and

Figure 4: is a plan view showing the device arranged in operative relation to an engine wheel, a portion of the device being broken away and other portions being shown in section.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 denotes a locomotive steam engine equipped with the usual driving wheels 2. Each wheel 2 is formed to provide a tread 3 and a flange 4. The parts described so far are ordinary 1921. Serial NO. 473,593.

in construction and form no part of my invention except in so far as they cooperate with the parts about to be described.

A casing or container 5 for holding a lubricant, such as a heavy grade of oil, is formed of any suitable material, preferably steel or iron, and is preferably substantially rectangular in configuration, as shown. The container 5 has filler openings 6-6 in the end walls thereof. Closures 7-7, which may be threaded plugs, are provided for the openings 6-6. The container 5 is attached to the frame or body of a locomotive steam engine, such as indicated at 1, by means of an arm 8. The latter is secured at one end to the engine frame or body by bolts 9, or like fastening means, and. at its other end by cap screws 10 to the rear face of the container 5. The cap screws 10 are threaded into openings in the rear wall of the container. The container 5 will then be held adjacent to the periphery of the rear driving wheel 2 so that the flange 4: of the latter enters a recess 12 in the front face thereof at a point located substantially in the same horizontal plane as the axis of the wheel. A portion of the front wall of the container 5 is offset, as at 13, to define the recess 12 which therefore extends the entire length of the container. The walls of the recess 12 respectively conform with the corresponding or adjacent walls of the flange at, t 1e outer wall of the latter being in contact with the corresponding wall of the recess 12 while the inclined inner wall 1% of the latter is in close juxtaposition with the inclined inner wall of the flange ti: but not in contact therewith. The offset portion 12 of the front wall does not contact the peripheral wall of the flange 4.

The inclined wall 1% has a longitudinally extending slot 15 therein in which is disposed an absorbent wick or pad 16 which has portions projected through the openings 15'15 at the ends of the slot, disposed within the interior of the container 5 and held against the inner wall thereof by clamping screws 17 which are projected through a side wall of the container and have their heads disposed eXteriorly of the latter.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood, When the container is filled with oil and positioned in relation to the flange 4c in the manner described, the oil Will be fed regularly and steadily to the inclined inner Wall of the flange 4 Without requiring any further attention or adjustment. Since the oil is fed directly to the flange by an absorbent member that contacts the latter at the point Wherethe flange contacts the rail head, it is not likely that any of the oil placed on the flange will pass to the tread. While I have shown the device applied to the driving Wheel of an engine, it is obvious that the same may be applied to other car and othervehicle Wheels Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim:

A device of the type described comprising a container having an inlet and an outlet opening therein, a groove in said container fashioned so as to receive the flange of a Wheel, said groove having a beveled Wall, said Wall having an opening adjacent to each end thereof communicating With the interior of said container, and having a semi-cylindrical groove in its outer surface communicating With said openings, a Wick disposed in said semi-cylindrical groove and having its ends disposed in said container, means for removably securing the ends of said Wick in place, and a bar secured to said container and adapted to be connected to the body of the car to position the container in a plane Which cuts through the axis of the Wheel and extends at right angles to the plane of movement of the wheel.

CORADON NATHANIEL POND. 

